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so the other half and I went to soll with crystal last year and had a great time..hotel was amazing, the service both on and off the mountain was great..snow was great and the lifts were fantastic no Q's at all
so looking at this years trip and im after some resort advice as I dont really know much about the resorts of Europe..so heres the brief
traveling first week in march
would like a resort with character no concrete jungles
a bit bigger that soll, in terms of town. Soll was great but tiny
somewhere with good customer service
decent selection of hotels...only two of us going so apartments tend to be expensive for us
flights out of scotland so thats...
resort doesnt need to be huge
mostly blue and reds with the odd black were not extreme skiers yet haha
tree lined if possible but not essiential
transfer should be under 90 mins
we both really enjoyed austria so thats my starting point for searching but im asking for help as i dont really know much about elsewhere
so what ye all think?
oh and p.s i will be looking at DIY and TO
cheers in advance
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ischgl
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Lech or Zurs
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Schladming - fits the bill, proper town and lots of tree lined skiing with very reliable snow. Not sure about flights from Scotland to Salzburg though?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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JET2 do a salzburg flight.....easyjet do a munich flight cant see an innsbruck flight and easyjet do a Geneva flight if anyone suggests france
looking at ischgl and lech / zurs they look friggin expensive!!
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enduroaid, Kitzbuhel/Kirchberg, Mayrhofen, Saalbach, Zell am See.
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enduroaid, Kitzbuhel/ Kirchberg, ticks all your boxes.............via Munich (Lufthanse Glasgow?) or Salzburg (Jet 2/ Thomson/ Air Berlin) . You'll love it 
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enduroaid, often the austrian hotels put together packages that include lift passes etc, I've found they are not always obvious from their websites though, so worth asking if they do a package if you contact a few...
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Crystal have flights Glasgow to Salzburg. Loads of resorts would fit the bill for you. Kitzbuhel in particular sounds perfect.
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| enduroaid, Kitzbuhel/ Kirchberg, ticks all your boxes.............via Munich (Lufthanse Glasgow?) |
My Glasgow pals use the Manchester-Munich Lufthansa service. Not that bad a drive from Glasgow to Manchester.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Kitzbuhel is a good size town (though not too big) with shops in ancient arcades in the centre and mediaeval town gate. It might sound low but further east the snow line is lower. Not much in the way of tough runs but you didn't want that.
Lech is a place packed with the fur coat crowd and aims to be a bit exclusive (so not cheap). The Swiss exchange rate is ridiculous so don't bother looking at the famous Swiss resorts.
How about Dolomites? The Sella Ronda circuit has fans on here and someone will be on soon, no doubt to suggest a town. Quite good value and spectacular scenery - the few tough runs are mostly by Arabba (which you might find too small anyway). Personally I don't like Cortina in the Dolomites (too big a town and very dislocated bits of skiing around it).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Phone any of the TUI co's to get flight only prices. I use the Edinburgh Innsbruck flight every year - costs around £280 but cuts out a lot of hassle. From Innsbruck loads of great resorts within an hour - Arlberg resorts, Ischgl/Kappl, Serfaus, Solden and Zillertal. Saalbach and Kitz would fit the bill too - fly to Salzburg from Gla or Edi.
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often the austrian hotels put together packages that include lift passes etc, I've found they are not always obvious from their websites though, so worth asking if they do a package if you contact a few...
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kitenski, Good shout - enduroaid, they are called Pauschalenwoche
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You know it makes sense.
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ok so liking the idea of Kitzbuhel as its not too far from airport and i can get decent flights with either sleazyjet or jet2 and it looks really nice
so next question.....Kitzbuhel hotels....any suggestions that wont break the bank?? would be nice if its walking distance to bars etc and had a sauna or pool etc etc as the misses likes the pool or spa after a days skiing
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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enduroaid, suggest you get on the Kitzbuhel website very good and get drooling, skies the limit! Some sensible ones, but also plenty of full-on 4* jobs. Stayed at Hotel Jagerwirt 2-3 times back in the day, fantastic. I know TUI do that place still.
Theres a great pool with wellness central in town (think its called Aquarena), if you get this in hotel you'll be paying proper money. Some 3* will have sauna/ steam but pools are 4* top dollar! Suggest you look at pensions, great value normally.
Plenty of bars to go at.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I know you said the transfer should be under 90 mins but you would love Soldeu in andorra but the transfer is 2.5 hours but its worth the trip it meets all your other needs!!! crystal do trips here but there are plenty of ways to do it yourself, check out stayinsoldeu.co.uk for apartments or andorra-resorts.com for help with everything!
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Innsbruck or Salzburg are better options if you can get them!
